Hoosiers Jeremy Hollowell, left, and Devin Davis go up to stop Evansville guard Jaylon Brown in the first half. The Indiana Hoosiers hosted the Evansville Purple Aces at Assembly Hall on Tuesday, November 26, 2013.

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Zach Osterman
zach.osterman@indystar.com

Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean can afford the kind of move he made Tuesday, pulling a regular starter out of the lineup for a walk-on. He can afford it against Evansville, in a comfortable 77-46 win. He can't afford to do it against Syracuse.

After two poor efforts in New York last week, sophomore forward Jeremy Hollowell found himself removed from the starting five for the first time this season. In his place: Jeff Howard, a senior forward and walk-on.